Show I NORTH NOTES Trena Nielson went to Los Ar Angeles Angeles An- An geles California by bus on th the of December and stayed with her parents during the hol hol- They attended a couple of program shows on television When e they were at the show Lets Let s Make A Deal on December December December Decem Decem- ber Trena's mother got of on the trade floor but didn't ge get asked They also saw the Pat Pa Boone Show on December While Trena was with her mother moth moth- er at the NBC Studio they were invited to the commissary to eat Trena states these are experIences experiences exile she will never forget Trena returned to Ephraim the of December and comment comment- commented ed that she is happy to be back at the Afton Larsen home andis and andis andis andt is ready to start school again t i Mr and Mrs Afton C C. Larsen Larsen Larsen Lar Lar- sen drove to Roy the of December to attend the I birthday celebration of Afton's brother DeCoy Dee Larsen son of Mr and Mrs Hillary Lar Lar- sen They stayed one day in Salt Lake and Kearns Kearn and spent the ight at the home of Kenneth I. I nd ad Dixie Tho Thompson before returning returning re- re 1 L turning home Home for the holidays at the Calvert Larsen abode were Mr and Mrs R R. R Burke of f Orem and Mr and Mrs W. W EuI Eugene Eugene Eu Eu- I gene Cox Lynette and small daughter daught r Sydney of Bellevue Washington Georgia is teaching kindergarten ten at Park School in Orem while her husband attends the BYU and teaches Portuguese at the Language School where Missionaries spend three months before being sent to some parts of South America Gene Cox is working for Boeing Boeing Boeing Boe Boe- ing Aircraft Company and is inthe in inthe inthe the payroll department of that company where pay checks for sixty thousand employees are computed every month Dr Therald Larsen and wife the former Colleen Bagnall and small son Chris called on Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas Day to wish the family aMerry a aMerry aMerry Merry Christmas Kim the Larsen's Larsen's Larsen's Lar- Lar sens sen's missionary son had Just justI I previously sent a tape recording and some slides of beautiful I Switzerland which the enjoyed hearing and seeing that eveni evening g so soi in a se sense se the the- the whole i Calvert Larsen family were together toI to to- together I gether for Christmas i I Kim has been called to serve I in the Mission Home as a printer beginning this month On Wednesday the had Miss Jean Price of Wales and Mrs Lytle Merriam of ManU Manti Man- Man U ti as as their guests Later on that evening Ross and Armada Cox with granddaughter Brenda and small grandson Douglas dropped in They had just come home after spending Christmas with I Mr and Mrs Fritz Audrey t P Perkins and family in Denver 1 and ana had picked up Brenda andt and t D Douglas uglas in Salt Lake Georgia and Burke left Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day to celebrate the New Years holiday with Burkes Burke's family in 1 Cokeville Wyoming i Lynette and Gene remained in inI I Ephraim until Monday the tire second second sec sec- f ond when Genes Gene's folks took I 1 them to Salt Lake take City to visit visita I a few hours with the Vaun Cox family before Gene boarded a jet for Seattle at 11 pm p.m. Lynette Lynette Lyn Lyn- ette and babe will remain in r Ephraim visiting a few days longer and enjoying the snow which they have very little of in Bellevue Lawrence and Inez Hermansen Hermanse entertained their family at a Christmas eve dinner and part party A program was enjoyed by a all alland alland and then jolly old Santa Claus Clau came with a gay little elf t to help him distribute gifts carr carry the bells and was really a helper Members of the family joining in the fun were the Merrill Hermansen Hermansen Hermansen Her Her- mansen family from Orem th the Dr Glen Dale Jorgenson family Tamil from Mt Pleasant the Roland Adams family from Ephraim the Charles Hermansen family and David Hermansen from Salt Sal Lake City All members of their then family were present which totaled totaled totaled total total- ed 26 There were 15 grand grandchildren hildren hil- hil dren and 10 of them were 11 11 years of age or under Besides Beside the family Mr and Mrs Que Quo Edwards were invited to join joir with them and partake of the Christmas spirit On this this' Christmas Eve the family observed as usual an old Danish custom of serving rice pudding which contained one nut to all of the guests and whoever gets the nut receives a prize which is Danish Marzipan in the shape of a pig One evening David prepared a Danish luncheon and served it to as many of the family members members members mem mem- bers as he could get together He served many varieties of sandwiches sand fish meats of all kinds and many other Danish goodies Some members of the Hermansen Herman- Herman sen family stayed throughout the week and over New Years The also entertained entertained entertained enter enter- Mr and Mrs Gordon and their son Eddie from Mt Pleasant on Wednesday evening evening evening eve eve- ning for dinner Charles Glendona Glendona Glendona Glen- Glen dona and their son were also present Fayben an and Deldee dee Larsen spent Christmas and the holidays holidays holi boll days with their daughter Halcyon Halcyon Halcyon Hal Hal- cyon and family in Tooele It was stormy all the time they were there so they stayed pretty much to home and enjoyed enjoy enjoy- ed the family They did drive around the cit city cit to view the lovely Christmas lights and winter whiter scenery ONiel Ada and Deena Larsen came Christmas and had dinner with the family Eva Thompson and son Don spent Christmas Eve at the home of Dr Kent and Ida Thompson and family Peter and Fern and their family joined them that evening for a lovely turkey din din- ner They exchanged gifts and had a very enjoyable time Christmas Day Eva and Don were at Peters Peter's home for dinner and accompanied the family to church On New Years Year's Day the family family family fam fam- ily of Eva gathered at her home for dinner Mrs Dallin Karen Roberts and son Michael have been staying staying stay stay- ing g at the home of her mother Mrs Luzene Nielson since before before before be be- fore Christmas They plan to stay a couple of weeks longer Lenn and Louise Jensen had a anice anice anice nice trip to Ogden and stayed with friends Friday and Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day and then drove to Brigham and visited with more friends and looked after their home there They went to Logan and visited with Lynn Olsen and f family mily and drove to Salt Lake City on Sunday for a family get together at the home of Mr and Mrs Max Rose Allred AUred and family where they had dinner the evening of New Years Four Blacks and one Gray Stan Ruby Kenneth and Teena and Wayland spent two wonderful wonder wonder- ful days after Christmas at Park City skiing They stayed with Stans Stan's folks in Salt Lake City overnight They report the skiing was excellent but it was bitter cold There was a train load of people from California who had come to enjoy this famous resort resort resort re re- re- re sort as well as people from many of the states throughout the country Ruby said the hill was just black with people and everyone seemed to be having a good time A lovely Christmas was spent at the Ray Bienz home and the children were delighted to have their grandfather Bienz with them for a few days After Christmas Mrs Bienz and the children spent a week with her parents in Geneva Ida Lois also spent a day and a half with her brother in Afton Wyo while the children stayed with their maternal grandparents Ray became a little lonesome keeping the home fires burning so he drove to Idaho and brought the family home late Sunday On Christmas Christmas eve eve all of the the Howard Larsen family except their daughter Betty and her family were at the home of their son John and his family in San San- dy Grace and Larry were al also o present to enjoy the festi festi- Santa came cam and distributed ted gifts and a big turkey dinner was served All of the children performed which really made the evening interesting The day following the Larsen's Larsen's Larsen's Lar- Lar sens sen's daughter Beverly and family family family fam fam- ily who live in Salt Lake City had open house for all the family family family fam fam- ily and their friends Paul was to the Christmas party but had to return to Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim and take care of chores etc but he returned to Salt Lake and brought his folks back home Friday of this week John and family came to Ephraim to sleigh ride They said the hill here is so fabulous that they feel it should really be They state they are coming coming coming com com- ing back as it is far superior to any hill or sleighing in their area |